Using ini files for PHP application settings
At dealnews we have three tiers of servers. First is our development servers, then staging and finally production. The complexity of the environment increases at each level. On a development server, e...
Forums are crap. Can we get some help?
Amy Hoy has written a blog post about why forums are crap. And she is right. Forum software does not always do a good job of helping people communicate. I have worked with Amy. She did a great analysi...
Wordcraft 0.10 available
The latest package of Wordcraft, the PHP/MySQL based blog software that runs this site, is available for download from Google Code. Just some minor bug fixes and cosmetic stuff. Its gettin...
The rise of the GLAMMP stack
First there was LAMP. But are you using GLAMMP? You have probably not heard of it because we just coined the term while chatting at work. You know LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP ...
Scaling for the Expected and Unexpected - Speaking at Velocity
Last year I was surprised to be going to Velocity. Read the post, it was an adventure. But, I really like the conference. It is the perfect conference for me. While a good ma...
Wordcraft 0.9.1 available
There are several key changes in Wordcraft 0.9.1. The two big things are: Tokens on post forms in the admin to help ward off CSRF attacks. Database sc...
Wordcraft 0.8 available
I am pleased to announce the release of Wordcraft 0.8. I have managed to release about once a month since November. I also have actually gotten some feedback and tickets posted. Than...
Altering several things in a MySQL table at one time
To some kick ass DBA or someone that works on MySQL internals, this is probably a no brainer. But, for just joe schmoe power user types, we wonder about these things. We could not find the...
Wordcraft 0.7 available
I am happy to announce Wordcraft 0.7. There are two big changes in this release. On the front end, I added a simple search. It just uses a LIKE clause. But, I ...
Seven Things about me - tagged by Brian DeShong
So, my Haystacks teammate Brian DeShong tagged me in his list of seven. We won that trivia contest by the way. It was a real team effort. So, here goes my seven things: I have six k...